Posted on Oct 16, 2016
LTJG Ansi Officer
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Here's the background. You're a senior E5. Your troops are in formation and you're handing out work for the day. You hand out an assignment to a fresh E2 with less than a year in and only a few months at your command. They blatantly complain and tell you to choose someone else. You calmly tell them they will do this task and they tell you to shove it and give it to someone else. How do you react?
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SA Keith Lofton
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Marchin party. With the quickness
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SCPO Lonny Randolph
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Two slices of bread and a turd in between = 1 sh1t sandwich... No seriously - the little snowflake pulls this nonsense on me is going to discover the magical mysteries of the bilge for about 2 weeks followed by head duty for a month. And every time I have the duty I'll be standing at the brow to snag him as he attempts to leave the ship - so that he can help me with a special project that only one man with his magnificent skills can accomplish. They didn't call me "The Bone" when I ran A gang because of my ability to feed the dogs...
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SPC Roberto Martinez
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Make an example of this idiot immediately. Discipline and Respect for authority are of utmost importance in military service !!!
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Terri Mertz
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drop and give me 50
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Cpl Philip C.
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Being an E-5, I would first reassign him the duty he refused and let him know he is disobeying a lawful now. Then proceed with a write up. Address this with Chain of Command and give them a chance a assigning him the assignment.
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MCPO Hayden Spalding
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Assign him a different dirtier, more arduous less appealing task after letting him think he had gotten away refusing his original assignment. Karma is a bitch!
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1SG AH-64 Attack Helicopter Repairer
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That PV2 would be in the thinking chair for a while as I compose his counseling statement. The thinking chair is the imaginary piece of furniture in the corner of my office.
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SSG Marvin Williams
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I would give him a direct order
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Failure to follow this direct order would be grounds for action under UCMJ
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PFC Keith Locey
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First I calmly ask the private to follow me into my office. Once in the Office I ask him why he feels that he shouldn't do the tak presented to him? Then after listening to his BS answer I'd start witha counseling statement for disobeying a direct order. Then I would assign him the worst possible duties I could think of, and if he refused to do them I'd give 2nd counseling statement, and more duty, if he still failed to comply with his orders I would take him to the company commander and file formal charges for refusing a direct order, and have his lazy butt Article 15'd, and if that didn't work well then I guess I would either have the soldier court marshalled or shot, his choice.
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Mike Chapman
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about 100 push-ups then run him until he pukes. then after he pukes make him do the task
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CPO Jimmie Brown
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put my foot up his ass
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Brad Kerley
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Take a moment to consider the leadership environment you have created. Is this your fault? Dismiss all but the offenders and explain your concern for their future in the military. Listen to the complaint and then snap necks.
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Ronald Vega
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Discipline is a perishable skill that must be re-enforced and applied daily. SGT is right in his duties.
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Fred Felella
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You don't have an opinion!! Your given one do as your told!!
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Andres Monroy
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Roost the hell out of him!
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LT Homer Reagan
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In this "platoon or barracks environment" with multiples making up a team...shared assumption of tasks and responsibility is important. This superstar wants to standout...so let his teammates help him reach his goal. The whole team struggles until this maggot gets the recognition he is asking for from ALL his teammates. A good workout, calasthenics, cleaning drill and perhaps watch volunteering for all his peers will allow proper application of leadership from his peers. Of course this along with counseling and a written record/warning. He will either respond or make his next downward maneuver. NO ONE CAN CHANGE TODAYS YOUTH ANY FASTER THAN PEER PRESSURE. The strength is that of the WEAKEST link.
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CPO Art Cappabianca
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I would re-state the order one more time, just to make sure he understood. If he then refused he would be charged with insubordination.
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SGT Guard
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I have never believed in this whole PRAISE IN PUBLIC, PUNISH IN PRIVATE, BULLSHIT!
I WOULD SMOKE THE SHIT OUT PRIVATE FUCKTARD IN FRONT OF EVERYONE! That way NO ONE would question my authority again!
I know I would get some whining from higher ups but what the hell I still got my point acrossed ( It's better to ask for forgiveness then beg for permission)!
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SFC Walt Dellinger
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The fact that all my soldiers were initially councelled on what was expected by me of them, they already know the consequences to disobeying an order I have taken some rank, never took money directly as in article 15, and the first time I took rank was from a constantly tardy soldier, I had the 1SG with me when I councelled him, and recommended reduction in rank, from SPC to PFC, as he was signing it the 1SG asked him if he had read it? The soldier replied yes. The 1SG said you know he's recommending a reduction in rank, the soldier said, yeah but that's just a recommendation, the 1SG said, yes and now give me your rank go to supply and pickup your PFC rank.
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Sgt Michael Charrette
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Gut punch
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